Mexico 1905-Zs M 10 centavos

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from the Stack's Bowers sale of the Kirk Menczer Collection, lot 71471
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This specimen was lot 71471 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $456. The catalog description[1] noted, "MEXICO. 10 Centavos, 1905-Zs M. Zacatecas Mint. NGC MS-64. Tied for finest of three graded by NGC. Beautifully toned and scarcer last year of issue. From the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors." The Zacatecas mint struck this ten centavos with this design 1898-1905. It is a redesign of the ten centavos piece struck 1869-97; only the eagle was changed. No dates are rare. The bronze one centavo and silver five and twenty centavos were similarly modified. The eight reales was dropped in favor of a silver peso with this eagle. The regime began closing the branch mints in 1893 and by 1905, only Culiacan and Zacatecas were left.

Recorded mintage: 66,000, a rather scarce date.

Specification: 2.70 g, 0.903 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-404.3.

Source:

  • Buttrey, T. V., and Clyde Hubbard, A Guide Book of Mexican Coins, 1822 to date, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1992.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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